Saturday TV: Endless War Movies
A weekend long Memorial Day Marathon on Turner Classic Movies is due to the fact that so many war movies have been made. It starts this morning with "Thirty Seconds…
Playlist 5-22-15
Started with some Joy Division, noting singer Ian Curtis' death 35 years ago this week. Then we moved to a death just yesterday -- the great bass player Louis Johnson…
Friday TV: Netflix Doc on Dead’s Bob Weir
The most youthful of the founding members of the Grateful Dead, Bob Weir, is now the grizzled survivor who can tell the tale of the long running band having something…
Thursday TV: Netflix’ ‘Between,’ Noses
In a small city of Pretty Lake, the old folks are dying. Actually, everybody over 22. Which makes it a prime place for a new CW drama (or a remake…
Tonight is Letterman’s Last ‘Late Show’
No details have been released about what exactly will happen on tonight's very last episode of "The Late Show with David Letterman" (CBS, 11:35 p.m.). That doesn't mean there will…
Also on Wednesday: ‘Survivor’ Finale, Too
Finale night for "Survivor" (CBS, 8 p.m.) is always fun, but it may struggle to be so this woeful season, so full of unlikable characters, lack of action and bad…
Dylan’s Last Stand at ‘Late Night’
Bob Dylan's return to "The Late Show with David Letterman" Tuesday for its penultimate broadcast was, like the rest of the show and the one Monday too a little wandering.…
Tuesday TV: The Road to Torture
The latest episode of "Frontline" (PBS, 10 p.m., check local listings) begins at the premiere of "Zero Dark Thirty," the Hollywood hit that purported the inside story of the killing…
Theatre Review: ‘No Rules Sketch Show’
A comedy sketch show by nature is hit or miss. What the plucky No Rules Theatre Company attempts to do in "The No Rules Sketch Show" at Signature Theatre in Arlington…
Monday TV: Post-Segregated Prom Season
Gillian Laub ruffled some feathers when she went down to Montgomery County, Ga., in 2009 and photographed one of the most glaring vestiges of segregation in the South - separate…